Cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools



Aug. 25, 1931. E. WILDHABER CUTTER HEAD FOR/ROTARYGEAR CUTTING TOOLS Files} March 24. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR g- 25, 1931- E. WILDHABER 1,820,416

CUTTER HEAD FOR ROTARY GEAR CUTTING TOOLS Filed March 24, 192'! 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR v Q Hitherto face millsfor cutting gears, have Fig.7.

Patented 31 v I 1820 416-1.]

UNITED STATES PATENT H OFFICE iinn'nsw w t-511mm, 0F 3300mm, nnw Yon-x I i i i urran rrnnn non no'raav GEAR cncr'rme TOOLS Application filed March 24, 1927. seriaim. 1%7392.

The 7 present invention relates to cutter Fig. 2is a'front elevation, partlyanaxialheadsfor rotary gearcutting tools, 'such as section, of-the cutterhead shown in Fig. l. hots and milling cutters. Among these, the j Fig. Sis a plan view, partlya section of type of cutter particularly referred to is the the cutter head shown in Fig. land Fig. 2, face mill, as used to a great extent especially with the top removed to show the structure 55 for cutting spiral bevel gears and hypoid underneath. I I gears. r Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are a .plan viewand a i It is well known, that'in order to obtain a corresponding front elevation, "the latter smoothly finishedtooth surface with a face shown parly inse'ction, of a modified cutter mill, it is necessary to true up the different head constructed according to the present my cutting edges or blades of the face mill, so. invention. Y j i that all, corresponding cutting edges have Fig. 6 is a partial'section along AA of exactly the same distance from the axis of Fig. 1, illustrative of a structural detail. H

V r tation. Failure to do this will not only I Fig. 7 is a plan View ofa cutter head con:

cause the various cutting edges to remove. taining acomposite'type of face mill, such unequal amounts of stock and prevent some as preferably used when little space isleft cutting edges from cutting at all, but it also between adjacent cutting teeth or. blades.. causes flats, when a generating motion is prov Fig. 8 is a front elevation and partly an vided between tooland blank. as known axial section of the cutter head shown 3 been trued'up by adjusting or truing up the Fig. 9 and Fig. 10are a plan view and a cutting edges individually. Each blade, excorresponding front elevation, the latter cept a master bladefwas adjusted in .a radial partly an; axial section, of another form of slot, until its cutting edge ran exactly true cutter head.v f

; with. the. cutting edge of said' naster blade. Fig. 11 and F ig. l2are aplan'view anda 7 5 This process, practiced on every'blade, gencorresponding front elevation, the latter v orally eonsumeda long time, during which partly an axial section, of a cutter iead acthe gear cutting machine had to stand idlef cordingto the present invention and contai r; One object of the present invention is to" inga composite face mill of diiferentfor n. Q devise a cutter head, which permits-of an :ac- The truing operation as hitherto, practiced curate truing operation in-a fraction of the on face mills of thecharacter described-has tim pr viously required. r for its purpose to ad ust all the blades sothatv A further object 'isto' devise a cutter head the cutting edges are concentric with the axis whichpermits of an accuratetruing opera- 10152151011. Before flfiiljtlstm'ellll efl l g tion, and yet makes possible to hold the in-. dg ay or may not hem asurlaee of i'ev r. serted blades absolutely rigidly, as if they 111131011; 1. 37 l f h 1 1 1 1 were one piece with, the cutter body. to 'deslgn a i i t a -3 m before. l l A Still other aim is to provide a Cutter inent corresponding cutting edges willhe 1n head containing anadjustable i cutter oi i WW? le q hlgh e y, ha

111g an axis which is, if not'coinclding, at,

' simpler and more I'1 1d. desi n than hitherto v L c b b leastparallel to the axis of" rotatlon. ,One

used" i reason that the cuttin ed es accordin 't o h i it F be apparent the course known practice do not'z tlwa ys lie in surface;

of the spec fication and fr m recitingthe ap- Of Evolution is the Way of holding the:

- Pe ljfi m -'lades.' To keep the blades individually ady lI 1Ve nt1011 sl t y ay justable,the sides ofthe'slots, in which the.

ample 1n the accompanylng g n ladcs may be "adjusted, are made parallel" which 5 andwith a running fit. The blades Karev Fig.1 is a'plan view of a cutter head oo'ntheretoreseldom held absolutelyrigidly.

a) structed according to the present:invention.' I preferably provide tapered slots, i 1 mo which the blades are tightly pressed with screw bolts, before the blades are finish ground. In this manner the inserted blades may be so rigidly held, as if they were one piece with the cutter body.

The accuracy used in. making a. face mill gear cutter, and the accuracy used in re sharpening it, that is in grinding the out faces, especially the accuracy of the index, is only of secondary importance in determin ng the location oi the cutting edges with re'lerence to a surface of revolution. 11" the relief provided back olthe cutting edges would be zero, such inaccuracies would have no intlu; once at all, and inasmuch as the relief actually provided is small as compared with the circumferential distances, the influence oi 131- accuracies in spacing" and broadly 'irom grinding and sharpening is small. No on reasonable accuracy in grinding the relieved and more rigid cut"'ng tool.

:each an inside cutting edge 21 only. An

sides of the blades or their cutting faces quired to keep the cutting edges in a surface of revolution.

Having made sure that the cutting edges. before truing, are already in a surface of revolution, means are now provided according to the present invention for so adjusting said surface of revolution that its axis coincides accurately with the axis of rotation.

with the present invention the adj as ent of the individual blades can be replaced with two adjustments of the cutter body as whole. This results not only in time berry saved, but it also makes possible a siin In the Figures 1-3, 11 den spindle, 12 the cutter body oil a r vided on its periphery with slots 18, it, to which blades 15, 16 are secured by means screw bolts 18. The cutter illustrated oi a known type, in which each blade contains only one side cutting edge. The alternate blades 15 contain nly an outside cutting edge 20, and the alternate blades 16 contain acent blades, outside blade 15 and inside blade 16 may be at different distances from the center 11, and therefore slots 13 and 14 may be provided at different distances from center 11 also as indicated.

It is noted that the slots 13, 14 are tapered, the sides 22, 23 being not parallel but at an angle to each other. This design permits to hold the blades on both sides 22, 23 with considerable pressure. They are therefi'nre heh 20, 21 in coaxial surfac- Tl ot' revolru'ziozi. cutting edges are sharpened by grinding 1 cutting faces 26, 28 which extend 9f planes parallel to the axis 11 and oliset from, the offset being so chosen to eii'ect a keen outside cutti t. 1..- Oi

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in accordance with the present invention, the cutter body 12 is ad ustable in two directlons in a plane perpendicular to cutter spndle 11. it contains pro ections 30 which form gu des ""or a floating member 31, in such mar-nor that body 12 is adjustable relatively to the ll l21illllf member in the direction of u I 1 1 VF] A said @Ultlfib. lne s upset the floating member is best snown in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 IS a plan View sin'nlar to Fig. 1, but Vltll cutter body 12 inclusive the blades taken off, in such 111a nor that only its guides 30 remain, which indicate; in section in Flg. 3. The Heat 1g ed 'c 20, or inside cutpn live y 'l?:'o']ections lit into guides 34 projecting in a disk like member 35, which is solid uh the cutter spindle 11. The parts 36, 38, l0, l2 forming guides 34 project from member 35 suiiiciently to make contact with body 12.

Floating member 31 is suited to transmit torque from the spindle 11 to the cutter body 12, while permitting a slight adjustment in two directions of the cutter body with respect to the spindl, suliicient to accurately true up the cutter, whatever may be its iitial eccentricity For adjusting; floating member 81 and member 35 relatively to each other, a head screw 43 is provided, which engages a thread in member 31. The head 44 of said screw and flange secure screw 43 to a recess of a small plate secured to member .35 with screws 47. Floating member 31 may thus be adjusted back and forth with screw 13. In gear cutting machines having a horizontal spindle .11, a plate 48 may be secured to the other end of member 35. A cylindrical projection 50 of plate 48 fits into a hole of float-- ing member 31. permitting adjustment in the direction of said hole, which is also the direc tion of guides 34. lProjection 50 and screw 13 prevent the floating member from falling out, when the cutter has een removed.

Adjustment between floating member 31 and cutter body 12 along guides 30 is effected by a head screw 51 which is held in axial direction by a plate 52 secured to cutter body 12.

T 1e operation of the cutter head is as follows:

Tl e cutter body is initially set by placing the tapered bore 53 concentric with a tapered 1 shown, which fits the tapered bores. nuts are then turned on the bolts h are held in three holes of memis then trued up by turning the ii e cutter locating eccentricity with an indicutter and its llUo' lie cator in knownmanner, and by operating screws 43 and 51.]

Before tightening the nuts 55, which press the cutter body against the member 35,0f

spindle 11, it is desirable to take out'backlash' between cutter body and member 35, that is to say to make sure that the torque is actually transmitted through'the floating member 31, and not merely through-the friction between the plane bottom'of cutter body 12 and the contacting plane top of the member 35,

pressed together with the" screws 56. The

floating member namely is suitedto transmit any amount of torque, whereas the frictional contact is not suited to safely "transmit large torques, inasmuch as a relative slip might' occur during a heavy cut, and although small,

disturb the accurately trued position.

Backlash may be taken out bysimplyturn ing screw 59, separately shown in Fig. 6, which extends in a threaded hole of cutter body 12, and which leans with its point on one side of a recess 61 of'member 35,111 such manner as to press those surfaces of member 35, fi0ating member 31', an d body 12 together,

through which the torque is transmitted dur ing cutting. In Fi 6 body 12 is pressed in the direction of arrow 62 as compared with inember35. y V

The Figures 4: and 5 illustrate a modified embodiment of the present in-vei'itiong" The cutter body 63 containsblades Gdprojecting from it in theforin of face mill. Thecut teiillustrated possesses only. one typeofblades. namely blades having only inside cut tingedges'bf), are used sometimes for cut ting bevel pinions and-,nypo1d pinions. The

blades are again secured in tapered slotsBS by means of head screws 68, in such manner that they rest on the tapered sidesof said.

slots. The shape ofthe slots is particularly well vlsible' in Fig; 4, where part of'the blades are shown removed in the drawing. 'It'1s understood however. that during cutting preferably all the blades are inserted.

The cutter body contains a'l1ubt71, whose tapered bore is keyed to a tapered projection 72, which is onepiece with the cutter spindle 73.

The row of blades of the cutter body can be trued up as a. whole, that is tofsay its eccentricity can be changedby a small amount, by operating screws 7 4,7 5, which fit into threaded holes'of projections 76. The

latter form part of a'disk 7 8 which is also one piece with cutter spindle 73. Withjthe screws 74, 7 5 the outside part of the cutter body, which {contains the blades, may be pressed slightly to one side or to another, as to make possib e accurate truing up To keep the possible amount 'of adjus tm-en't in} side of ample limits, circular groo'vesSO, 81-

may be provided on the cutter body, see'Fi-g.

5, which permit -mutiplied elastic deflection and increased adjustment.

of the cutting teeth I After the cutter hasbeentrued up, nuts 82 are tightened, which press the cutter body- -securely against the plane face of disk 78.

The Figures 7-12 illustrate embodiments of the present invention, as applied to face, mills in which the clearance betweenadjacent teeth is comparatively=small, so that it would be difficult to grind therelieved sides while all the blades are inserted. v, 1 H

The face mill is in such casespreferably composed of two parts, each part containing alternate blades. The blades ofeach partfcan then be easily ground while remaining inserted. I

intermediate surface. Thisisaid'type of cutting face is more particularlyjdescribed in my 'copending applicationentitled Gear cut ting tool, filed March 11, 1927, Serial NO. 174,517." f

The upper partS-l, and the lower part 86 are accurately centered with respect to each ing to the present inventionby. adjusting a part as a. whole; and are then rlgidly-connected; In- Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 I have shown other, or trued up, which maybe done accord, 1

taperedbolts 92 for saidrconnection, which:

fit'intoreamed holes ofxthe two parts, and I whichmay beheld inplace by head screws 93 engaging the internally threaded. portion or". said bolts 92. Part 86"of. the cutter body contains projections i-M'similarto the projecances for a floating member 95.

, The embodiment illustrated 'n Figs. 9'and 1O differs from the embodiment of Figs7 and 8 merely in the design for connecting the upper part 84; ofthe cutter body with the I v i 7 lower part 86. The torque is transmitted tions 30 of Fig.2, and whichform also guid- I from the lower body toithe upper body, I

through a jfioatingmember 96, and in addition the twoparts are pressed together with The embodiment shownin the Figures .11 and'12 dilfers from the embodiment of Figs. 7 andS in the manner of securingfthe blades to thecutter body. In. the former case cut ting teeth 100 are soldered or weldedto the upper and lowenparts 84, 86 respectively,

and lit'in shallow. recesses 101 of'said parts. 7

f' In the Figures 912 I haveomitted thecutter spindle in the drawings, and its floating member. oth can be madeexactly as .1111

the Figures 1-3 or 7 and 8.

a unit, a spindle, means for adjusting said unit relatively to said spindle 1n at least two directions angularly disposed to each other and angular-1y disposed to the aXls of sald spindle, and means for transmitting torque from said spindle to said unit.

A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools,com iirising a plurality of equal cutting teeth, a portion joining said cutting teeth to form a unit, a spindle, means for-adjusting said unit relatively to said spindle in at least two directions angularly disposed to each other and parallel to a plane perpendicular to the :axis of said spindle, means for trans muting torque from said spindle to said unit, and means for holding said unit in adjusted position. 1 i

3 A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a spindle, a plurality of cutting teeth disposed equidistant from the axis of said spindle, a portion joining said cutting teeth to form a unit, means for 'adplane perpendicular to the axis of said spin-' dle in two directions disposed at right angles to each other. means for transmitting torque 1 tom said spindle to said unit, and means for holdlnrg' said unit in adpusted position relatively to said spindle.

5. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a tool having a plurality of cutti g teeth. a cutter spindle, a floating member adjustable in a rtraight line with Fespectto cutter spindle and in another straight line with respect to said tool, said strairtht lines being situated in a plane perpendicular to the cutter spindle and being at a right angle to each. other, and means for rigidly connecting tool and spindle.

6. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting ;tools, comprising a tool having a plurality of cutting teeth equidiftant from its axis, a cutter spindle, means for adjusting: said tool relatively to said spindle .in two directions, a. floating member for transmitting torque from said spindle to said tool in all positions of adjustment, and means for directly connecting said tool and said spindle.

7. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting was, con'iprising a face mill having a plurality of equal cutting teeth, a cutter spindle, a floating member, means for adjusting said floating member and said face mill relatively to each other along a straight line, means i'or z-i-djusting said floating member and said spindle relatively to each other along another straight line angularly dispotied to the first nai ncd straight line, and means for directly connecting said face mill and said spindle.

8. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a lace mill having aplu raliity or equal cutting teeth, a cutter spindle, screws for adjusting said face mill relatively to said spindle in at least two directions aneularly disposed to each ot 161, a floating memher for transmitting torque from said spindle to said face mill in all positions of adjustment, and means for directly connecting said face mill and said spindle.

9. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a face mill having a pluralit y of inserted cutting teeth, a cutter spindle, a. floating member, means for adjusting the face mill with respect to said floating member, means for adju ing the floating member with respect to said spindl in a direction perpendicular to the first sa d adjustment, and means for bolting the face mill to said spindle.

10. In a cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, a plurality of cutting blades projecting from a cutter body to 't'crma fare mill, said blades being secured to tapered slots in such manner as to rest on thetaperc-cl sides of said slots, a spindle, and means for adjusting said cutter body relatively to said spindle in at least two directions parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of said spindle.

11. In a cutter head for rotar" gear cutting tools, a plmialit-y o1 cutting teeth arranged to form a face mill and forming part of two members, alternate teeth belonging to the same member, means for rigidly connecting said two members, a spindle, means for jointly adjusting said two members in a plane pen pendicular to said spindle, and means for rigidly connecting said members and said spindle.

12. Ina cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, a plurality of blades arranged to form a face mill and secured to tWo members, alternate blades being secured to the same member, means for rigidly connecting said two members, a spindle, means for jointly adjust-- in g said two members in a plane perpendicnlar to said spindle, and means for risridly connecting said members ant. said s 'iindle I3. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a cutter body, cutting teeth projecting from said cutter body, spindle,

14. A cutter head for rotarygear cutting tools, comprising a cutter body, cutting teeth projecting fromsaidcutter body, a spindle, means for adjusting said cutting teeth as a whole in a plane perpendicular to said spinthe, means for transmitting torque from said spindle to said cutter body,and screws for directly connecting said cutter body with a portion integral with said spindle.

15. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a cutter body, cuttingteeth 7 projecting from said cutter body, a spindle, 1 screws for ad311st1ng said cutting teeth as a whole in two different directions perpendicular to the axis of said spindle, means for transmitting-torque from saidspindle to said cutter body, and other means'for rigidly and 7 directly securing said cutter body to said spindle. V r

16. A cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising two members each of which having cutting teeth arranged to form a face mill, a cutter spindle, meansfor adjusting said two members relatively to said spindle in at least two directions singularly disposed to each 0 her and parallel to a plane perpendicular to the axis of said spindle, and means for transmitting torque from said spindle to said members.

1'7. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting directions, for

adjustable in two directions with respect to said cutter spindle,'.means for taking out backlash between face mill and. cutter spindle,and means for rigidly'securing theface mill to said cutter spindle. 1 i

c 21. A cutter head for rotaryv gear cutting tools, comprising a plurality of cutting teeth arranged in a circle, a disk joining said cutsaid disk adjacent'saidholefrom the outer portion containing said cutting teeth, and means for displacing said outer portion with respect'to said inner portion in at least two 7 centering said cutting teeth. ERNEST lVlLDI-IABER;

tools, comprising a plurality of cutting teeth.

arranged to form a face mill and belonging. to two members rigidly secured together, a cutter spindle,a floating member suitable to transmit torque from the cutter spindle to said two members, means for adjusting said two members in two directions in'a plane perpendicular to the cutter spindle, and means i for rigidly connecting the spindle with the t\VO members.

18. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting I tools, comprising a plurality of cutting blades I arranged to form a face mill and secured to two members, rigidly bolted together, a cutter I spindle, a floating member, means for adjusting said two members wi h respect to said floating member, means for adjusting the floating member with respect to the cutter spindle, and means for rigidly connecting the spindle with the two members.

19. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a cutter spindle,'a face mill adjustable in two directions with respect to said cutter spindle, means for centering said face mill before truing, andmeans for rigidly securing the face mill to said cutter spindle. j i

20. Cutter head for rotary gear cutting tools, comprising a cutter spindle, a face mill 

